An imaginary tale: The story of square r
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Paul J. Nahin
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1998
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Princeton University Press
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English
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Today complex numbers have such widespread practical use--from electrical engineering to aeronautics--that few people would expect the story behind their derivation to be filled with adventure and enigma. In An Imaginary Tale , Paul Nahin tells the 2000-year-old history of one of mathematics' most e